Mama Tanya aka Tanya Denise

I urgently need y’all help because the possibility of closing this community center after all the work of building it out is very very VERY real.

I tried to do this on my own because asking for help, especially as a Black woman doing community work opens you up to all types of scrutiny. The way folks will proudly proclaim you a grifter is a bit more than I can withstand.

Some of y’all actually accused me of stealing my own peaches 🥴

And if they’re not calling you a grifter they expect you to do the shit you’re doing for free. One of yall asked why I was selling the eggs 😩

My eyes are red in this video because hours beforehand I had been sobbing. It took a minute for me to get myself together. And I’m still not sure this is the right decision but if I don’t mobilize an infusion of funds this center is going to close. All of my hard work at the most critical time will be for naught.

2024 damn near broke me, 2025 tried to compete, were finally getting some legs. In the background I’m negotiating things I cannot quite share yet (let’s just say networks) in the interim I’m going to need the help of y’all to hold us over.

Many hands make light work. I need y’all’s hands. Please.